Baz

sorry mate :whistling: congratulations on the new name :yes:

tablets cleared it up then?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-300-ZX-SPARES-REPAIRS-/330674095757?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4cfdb6468d :cool2:

you're in for a treat :w00t:

Welcome to the forum mate, good luck with your search - hope you get a good 'un! :thumbup1: What car do you have at the mo? you should be suitably impressed with a Z :yes:

It was there when you signed up. I googled it, looks like an interesting place :cool2:

welcome along, interesting sounding project and looking forward to more pics!

crikey, what a mess! :shock:

happiest of birthdays alex :thumbup1:

testarossa please!

yes they are all the same for rear brakes.

if you find a gippo nice enough, he/she/it may swap a knackered old chest freezer for a knackered old silver Z? :tt2:

if you find another can you take the compression tester with you and turn it over by hand? (I'm asking as I dont know - never used a comp. tester)

haha, brilliant!! :lol::lol::lol: :clap:

what happened to the engine with no compression? wasn't it one you bought recently - can you not send that back to recoup some costs?

Agree with the above, sorry to hear thats another engine that is no good, you are so close and cant stop within reaching distance of the finish. I know how much you want the Z on the road, how about selling a couple of aftermarket bits you have for it to fund a replacement, to at least get it working and MOT'd, then look to replace the bits a bit further down the line?

I understand where Jeff is coming from and I cant avoid the fact that I'm the one that the finger is pointing towards. I am a 300zx enthusiast through and through, I own two myself and love them, my dream car from when I was 8 years old and am proud to be able to own such a car. I have had a couple of breakers but mostly been change of plans, the first one I bought was a jigsaw puzzle and I wanted a project to sink my teeth into, after working on it for 6 months I decided to cut my losses and buy a complete UK TT which I used and spent a lot of money on until it failed MOT on rust. Whilst working on this one I bought a car for the manual gearbox and to have a spare engine to work on for future use. Back to the rusty one, both sills were absolutely knackered so that was game over for that car. Desperate to get back into a Z I found a nice NA one that I used for quite a while before deciding to convert it into a TT using my old TT as a donor. Again I spent aaaaages getting everything swapped over but a local Z (my current black one) turned up at a price that literally couldnt be turned down. I bought that Z but unfortunately had the NA on the drive all in bits, but needed the TT lump to fit in the new Z (the reason I got it for a good price). Me and a colleague went halves on a NA Auto a month or so back, I needed the engine and interior for my white one, he needed the rear diff & brakes, so it was the obvious thing to do. This is obviously the car that had caused this thread to arise. All tracable on the forum, not necessarily a secret-breaker of zeds, more poor decision making amongst other issues. I dont mean to tread on Jeff's toes... and for your information I have already requested to become a trader on the forum but there is no room for another parts seller. This isn't because I am a trader, but I appreciate that I sell quite a few parts on here and prepared to pay my way and offer a good service to the Z community. So lets look at the facts, I have dealt with plenty of forum members on here and I know I provide a good service. Quick response, usually sent out same day/next day, prepared to send bits whatever their size (within reason), I bend over backwards to help people, never messed anyone around, never ignored any messages, and all parts tried and tested. One exception was I sold the first breaker's manual gearbox to a member on here (I'll leave him un-named) which he knew it was untested, the box was noisy in 2nd and 4th so I bought him a replacement box straight away. I sold my spare engine to another member not knowing its history only what I had been told (I was literally forced into selling it lol) I sold this for a very cheap price and the buyer was made aware of everything I knew, the engine turned out to be fine and is running a decent BHP figure in a current members car. I am honest and transparent and I'm sure reading this you will make your own mind up, I recommend Zedworld at every opportunity and EVERYONE knows it is 'the place' for 300zx's in the UK, offering all their services and I know they keep a good stock of parts in for repairs etc, but I guess dont really advertise their parts (or at least as well as they could). I am prepared to listen to any feedback to this, would be interested to hear comments either against me or in my defence... and sorry if I have offended anyone with my actions I'm not set out to annoy or upset. And finally... it goes without saying really but selling left over bits helps to make ends meet, the money goes into general living costs and trying to pay off living debts, we cant get a mortgage and I'm 3rd year into retraining for a different job for a better future for myself and my family. I dont want to sell my cars but you'd lose a loyal member if I did. Dont think I'm typing this from my yacht off the coast of Tuscany, I'm poor, and thats all there is to it :lol:

I understand that, but at what point is a normal one piece prop no good and you NEED a carbon one? is it an unspoken rule i.e. over 500bhp or something?

I'd hope so!!! :sweatdrop: Zedworld sell one-piece props off the shelf I think. Carbon ones would cost a lot more I should imagine for minimal gain for a regular road car.

Thats great news dave, I was actually just typing an email to you but in usual fashion checking the forum updates stopped me from sending it! glad you're sorted and got it operating.

last one I removed wasnt with axle stands or a ramp, it was done like this lol

I know that feeling! :sweatdrop: nice one, did you fo it off axle stands or on a ramp, and did the fuel tank get in the way at all?

I doubt it very much, they dont even class evo's etc as classics, I guess we're lucky with the Z32s.

how long did the rear subframe swap take?

I say if its all apart already and wont take long to do, change them anyway. You'll never make an NA into a huge-BHP fire breathing monster but every little helps.